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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Washington rates for HCPCS 17313

This is the first stage of a specialized technique for removing skin cancer from the trunk, arms, or legs, in which a thin layer of tissue is removed and examined under a microscope on the spot to check whether all of the cancer has been taken out before closing the site. The precise, layer-by-layer approach is designed to remove the cancer completely while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage cost?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $562 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$437 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$331 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $195 to $2,884Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $562professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,630.78
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington· 5th of 51

$832

AK $1,288MD $417

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.